I learnt something new today, I had not previously used google forms. It was simple to use and was a great method of collect and analyzing the data.

Interested in exploring the application of google education and google classroom further.

The school building was old and generous in it’s proportion with space plentiful by comparison to other London school. The ICT suite took it place in a room, similar in size to that of a classroom and shared it with the library. During my placement I witness a class working in their on only one occasion. It would be fair to say that computing was not a priority for the year 1 class I taught. As a wider curriculum subject it was allocated a week block, where it was to be taught for an hour a day. When the week rolled around, a selection of lessons were prepare around Bee Bots, exploring the basic ideas of programming. The resources once located where in a less than ideal state, a number of the Bee Bots where not functioning and the vast majority had the battery covers missing and presented safety concerns for this young age group. When the first lesson was delivered the children were so excited and engaged well with the activities. No further lessons were ever delivered as lessons gave way Christmas productions. This was a shame as the Bee Bot presented significant scope for cross curriculum activities which was never truly explored.  On a more positive note IWB were place in all the classrooms and although used on a daily basis to delivery lesson, it was primarily used to display power point presentations or access the internet.

We can shelter children from the internet and protect them from the cyber world. However, with the growing dependence upon technology, the cyber world is going to play a significant role of their future whether we like it or not. We do not stop children from becoming apart of the real world, we do not excluded them from society until they come of age but rather we allow them, under supervision and guidance to discover this real world with us. Obviously we have a duty to keep them out of the bars and night clubs and shelter them from the inappropriate establishments. But we instill values, we teach them appropriate behavior and warn them of dangers because one day they will be left to exist in this real world without us. Left to survive and make these choices on their own, our hope is that we have taught them well and they become good, active members of society. Why should our approach to this cyber world be any different. Have measures in place to protect them from inappropriate content, teach them how to behave and in time, trust them to do the right thing.

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